I haven't found an accurate tab for this song anywhere, this is how it is played live and in the
recorded version, I hope you like it!
Second Best by Hudson Taylor
Standard Tuning
~Capo 5~
Dadd4add9
e|--0--
b|--3--
G|--0--
D|--4--
A|--5--
E|--x--
C#*
e|--0--
b|--0--
G|--0--
D|--2--
A|--4--
E|--x--
Intro: (Listen to song for strumming pattern)
e |------0------0------0------0------|
B |------0------0------0------0------|
G |------0------0------0------0------|
D |------9------9------3------2------|
A |------7------6------5------4------|
E |------x------x------x------x------|
Verse 1:
Em
All the people all around us
C
Talking to and all about us
G
Who's to say
Dadd4add9
It'll go our way
Em
Are you trying to be helpful?
C G
Are you sleeping in the devils company?
Dadd4add9
Possibly
Chorus:
Am C
Don't wake me up I?m not sleeping
G Dadd4add9
I'm not asking for any rest
Am C
And as long as I am breathing
C#* C | Dadd4add9
I won?t settle for second best
Interlude:
e |------0------0------0------0------0------0------|
B |------0------0------0------0------0------1------|
G |------0------0------0------0------0------0------|
D |------2------2------2------2------2------2------|
A |------2------2------2------0------2------3------|
E |------0------2------3------3------3------0------|
Verse 2:
Em
We can teach ourselves the lessons
C G
And we can change it any second of the day
Dadd4add9
Who's to say
Em
Are you trying to be helpful?
C G
Are you sleeping in the devils company?
Dadd4add9
Possibly
Chorus:
Am C
Don't wake me up I?m not sleeping
G Dadd4add9
I'm not asking for any rest
Am C
And as long as I am breathing
C#* C | Dadd4add9
I won?t settle for second best
Interlude:
e |------0------0------0------0------0------0------|
B |------0------0------0------0------0------1------|
G |------0------0------0------0------0------0------|
D |------2------2------2------2------2------2------| (X2)
A |------2------2------2------0------2------3------|
E |------0------2------3------3------3------0------|
Bridge:
Love the life that we don?t have, I wouldn't change a thing
e |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
B |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
G |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
D |------9----------------9----------------7----------------7------|
A |------7----------------6----------------5----------------4------|
E |------x----------------x----------------x----------------x------|
Not much but we don?t mind I wouldn't change a thing
e |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
B |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
G |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
D |------9----------------9----------------7----------------7------|
A |------7----------------6----------------5----------------4------|
E |------x----------------x----------------x----------------x------|
Love the life that we don?t have I wouldn?t change at all
e |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
B |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
G |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
D |------9----------------9----------------7----------------7------|
A |------7----------------6----------------5----------------4------|
E |------x----------------x----------------x----------------x------|
Not much but we don?t mind I wouldn?t change at all
e |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
B |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
G |------0----------------0----------------0----------------0------|
D |------9----------------9----------------7----------------7------|
A |------7----------------6----------------5----------------4------|
E |------x----------------x----------------x----------------x------|
Chorus:
Am C
Don't wake me up I?m not sleeping
G Dadd4add9
I'm not asking for any rest
Am C
And as long as I am breathing
C#* C
I won't settle for second best
Am C
Don't wake me up I?m not sleeping
G Dadd4add9
I'm not asking for any rest
Am C
And as long as I am breathing
C#* C
I won?t settle for second best
C#* C | Dadd4add9
I'm not asking for any rest
Outro:
e |------0------0------0------0------0------0------|
B |------0------0------0------0------0------1------|
G |------0------0------0------0------0------0------|
D |------2------2------2------2------2------2------|
A |------2------2------2------0------2------3------|
E |------0------2------3------3------3------0------|
Thanks to Lee Elliott for help with the chords!
